Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 363-TH7294356
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bethnal Green Neighbourhood Mental Health Team
- Town
- Bethnal Green
- Salary
- £44,806 - £53,134 per annum Inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/07/2025 17:00
Employer heading
Clinical Associate Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 6
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP), who is keen to take on the challenges of working in a diverse borough working with people in the Complex Emotional Needs pathway in Bow & Poplar. The post-holder will sit within the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team as part of the Psychology service.
Main duties of the job
Candidates should have an interest in working with people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties from a range of religious, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The post-holder will work closely with other Psychologists, and supervision will be provided by a qualified Psychologist.
The successful candidate will be part of a vibrant multi-disciplinary team operating out of our community office based in Bethnal Green. Alongside other Psychology staff the post-holder will provide assessment and empirically-informed therapy to service users. In collaboration with more senior staff, the successful candidate will contribute to staff training and provide psychological advice (informal, ad hoc, and formal consultation) to other staff, support family members and liaise with primary and secondary care providers and various other statutory and non-statutory agencies involved in service users’ care.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Provide psychological assessments of service users of the locality service.
- Be responsible for the formulation and implementation of psychological treatment and/or management of service users’ mental health problems, based on an appropriate level of skills and knowledge.
- Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical, development and cultural processes and systems which have shaped the individual, family or group.
- Be responsible for providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive, distressing and emotional information in relation to mental and physical health issues.
- Communicate across language and cultural barriers.
- Spend sustained amounts of time with individuals who may be aggressive and hostile to themselves or others, who may have poor communication and/or self-care skills and special physical and/or mental health needs.
- Be responsible for recording, monitoring and reporting on clinical work.
- Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual service users as appropriate.
Person specification
Education and training
Essential criteria
- Fully qualified as a Clinical Associate Psychologist
- An approved qualification in psychology conferring eligibility for graduate basis for registration with the British Psychological Society, (Class 2.2 or higher)
Desirable criteria
- Further training in areas appropriate to the Complex Emotional Needs client group
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with long-term mental health conditions in the NHS
- Communicate effectively, share information and check understanding using clear language and appropriate, written materials, making reasonable adjustments where appropriate in order to optimise people’s understanding
- Take account of how conflicting and sometimes contradictory information from carers and other healthcare professionals, in emotive and challenging situations and contexts, may impact on the outcome of assessment
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge or experience of lived experience with mental health
Knowledge/Skills
Essential criteria
- To be able to assess and formulate someone’s experiences drawing on a range of psychological models and theory
- Able to correctly handle confidential information and knowing how and when to share this information for appropriate professional purposes and only with appropriate individuals, and as necessary with appropriately gained consent
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of diversity of cultural norms across the borough, and being able to respond to this appropriately
- Knowledge and implementation of local, regional and national policy
OTHER
Essential criteria
- Dedicated in treating residents with dignity, respecting individuals’ diversity, beliefs, culture, needs, values, privacy and preferences
- Able to show respect and empathy for residents and colleagues and have the courage to challenge concerns, working to evidence-based best practice
- Ability to travel independently where required
- Adaptable, reliable and consistent, show discretion, resilience and self-awareness and demonstrate professional and clinical competence
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jordan Reid
- Job title
- Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3487 1350
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